So being able to purchase properties, own your own possessions and being able to partake in random events going on in the world is no less persistent than GTA4 was? Seriously?
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Rockstar release more details about GTA ONLINE
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So being able to purchase properties, own your own possessions and being able to partake in random events going on in the world is no less persistent than GTA4 was? Seriously?
Dark Octave
Banned
How so? Running around and doing stuff by yourself is so much fun in this game, why wouldn't you want to do the same with other people if given the option?
Sanic
Member
Sounds like they're trying to build up a lot of fluff around what seems like a fairly standard MP suite with some now standard "persistence". Looks like it should evolve beyond that after launch, but for right now you can label my a cynic.
...with 16 other people. Do we have details on how/if this trancends into something more than CoD style upgrades?
...with 16 other people. Do we have details on how/if this trancends into something more than CoD style upgrades?
How is it pointless?
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
was assuming heists were there from the get go
BobTheFork
Member
That sounds about right. R* is really harping on this 'persistant' bullet point but it's really the same stuff you used to be able to do. It sounds like the only real persistance is tracking what missions you have done and maybe what online car you own. There aren't going to be any major changes to the online world if every time you connect you could be grouped with a different 15 people.
I think they really want them servers not to die so cut a few things then add them later to ease them up a bit until more stable.
aj2good4you2
Member
Hopefully free aim is the default outside of free roam because lock on completely ruins the fun for cops and crooks on GTA IV. Lets hope the netcode is much improved also.
Having concerns means being a whiner, alright brah.
lazybones18
Banned
Goddammit, I'm gonna miss out on some much cool stuff in GTA Online after mid-November. But I must stay the course! ;_;
What do you mean by this - as in just unlocking stuff by levelling up? And if so, what would you do to 'transcend' that?
BobTheFork
Member
What's confusing. You are going to log into a lobby and play game modes and missions with different people, depending on who is in the lobby. Even GTA4 had the 'full city lobby'. Aside from keeping the same upgraded car and maybe house, what is persistant?
Wow! I think that releasing GTA:O a couple of weeks after launch was a good idea. Been hyped for it whilst playing the SP as the game has been such a frigging blast. While roaming I keep thinking 'ohh, this would be cool to do online', ' this would be a good area for a race' etc.
This really is one of the only games that has delivered on the hype and then some. Which is not easy considering it's GTA levels of hype.
Also, GTA ctf??! Shit gonna get Craaaazay.
Who needs next gen?
This really is one of the only games that has delivered on the hype and then some. Which is not easy considering it's GTA levels of hype.
Also, GTA ctf??! Shit gonna get Craaaazay.
Who needs next gen?
It will no doubt be like previous R* games but with more bells and whistles, you can enter a random world with other people or invite friends to yours and just have who you want there. There is no your Los Santos, your character and what you own from cars to apartments will come with you in what ever instance of Los Santos you are in.
If it is like RDR then activities and such like that take place on the map you are on will involve everyone travelling to that point, or say for a death match everyone will be spawned at a certain place for that game.
Not talking about having concerns. Specifically talking about whiners.
How are they going to handle different players owning the same apartments though? That has to be phased.
You sure showed them
A garage, a house, friends able to hang out in said house, watch TV, do activities with friends such as golf, tennis, make your own races, content creator, pulling heists together is all different from the vanilla free roam of GTA IV.
Not to mention 500 missions...
djplaeskool
Member
Can't wait for co-op heists.
IT'S CRIME TIME, BITCHES.
IT'S CRIME TIME, BITCHES.
That as well...jeez. There are 0 missions in GTA IV other than the game modes having things built into them.
Takamura-San
Member
I hope they can do a mission/heist creator. That would be fantastic.
friskykillface
Banned
online races 
yesssssssssss
im glad its gonna be like IV where you can just choose it and it puts you in a race lobby, or am i reading that wrong.
yesssssssssssim glad its gonna be like IV where you can just choose it and it puts you in a race lobby, or am i reading that wrong.
Psychoward
Banned
It's releasing 2 weeks after launch and there still isn't a content creator or heists on day 1?.....
So this is going to be deeply ingrained into the game right? So you have the 4th character slot and you can probably switch to him at any time in GTA outside of missions and then it probably zooms out like normal then loads you into one of the available servers and then Zooms in to your online character who's going to be in the middle of doing something in the same game world as the single player character you just left.
Sanic
Member
Basically yes, you buy/unlock stuff that can then be experienced by only 16 other people. The fact that it's essentially isolated worlds is what trips me up about the whole thing. I feel like they've been hinting at a more MMO like structure, but I'm not seeing it. It really feels like just a CoD-like system applied to gta.
what...what...what??
GTA IV's free mode online was the only reason I kept playing it for years after release. And honestly that was kind of awful in a lot of ways and much more restrictive than V's online seems.
Being a couple friends going around creating havoc and running from the cops is endless fun, the fact V is going to have a ton of things to do online beyond that will probably make it the best online experience of the generation IF there aren't any unexpected big, big problems/limitations or downscaled stuff from offline.
BobTheFork
Member
I wouldn't call any of that persistant. The house and car, sure. The rest of it is just more awesome stuff to do online for sure, but none of that adds to the persistance they are trying to sell. They could just sell this as a massive improvement but it's R* so they are trying too hard to oversell it.
brokenbeans
Banned
I don't think that's the point.
It's probably to keep us on the hook.
Release content slowly and we will come back for more.
I'm really excited that Rockstar is taking this seriously, and also finally opening communication to fans directly with regards to their server troubles. Unfortunately it doesn't really raise my expectations of the disaster waiting to happen on Oct 1. That's fine though, I'll have happy to play this whenever it actually works. Meanwhile I'll have Terraria 1.2. Lol.
No, GTA Online takes place before GTA5's story mode. It's not in the same world. Uses the same city though.
No, GTA Online takes place before GTA5's story mode. It's not in the same world. Uses the same city though.
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
How are heists not going to be in at launch? I'm leaning more and more towards just waiting for the PC version.
I read that GTAOnline takes place before the events of the SP. So maybe not.
Ok that makes sense. It still seems like you will be able to jump in and out as easily as switching single player characters though since they designed that 4th slot.